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IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINE 'FOR PULLINGIIEMI ANO COTTON.; i

retratosr w. GODDARD, ON CLINTON, MASSACHUSETTS,

Letters Patent No. 60,359, dated December 11, 1866. l l

To ALL wIIoM IT MAY CONOERN: y l y y y v Be it known that I, ARTIIMS W. GODDARD, of the town of Clinton, and county `of `Ylforcestenland Stateof Massachusetts, have invented new and useful Machinery for Pulling Hemp, Cotton Stalks, &c. andmI do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of thconstruction andfopeiation of the same, i i

reference being had to the .annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a side view. l Figure 2 is a central vertical section. Figure 3 is an end view.. v Figure 4 is a detail view, to be hereafter referred to. The present invention relates to new and `useful mach'nery for pulling hemp, cotton stalks, gte., and consists-#Q` 1. In the use of two novel and peculiarly constructed wheels; so arranged and operated as `to pull the stalks that come between them (out `of the ground, and drop them behind the machine. l

2. In `an arrangement of belts set with spur-teeth, so applied hat the stalks shall retain their` upright ,A l

position Vwhile they are being pulled out of the ground. v

There are also other arrangements in the detail and construction of the, present machine which will be hereinafter referred to and more particularly described. In the accompanying'plates of drawings I have repre-` sented my invention, reference being had to the same inthe following description.

a a. a a represents the frame-work of the machine held together by the cross-timbers, bb b, and supported by the wheels c c'. The wheels-d d are made in eight sections, al a1 (tra.1 al a1 al a', which are secured to thehub of said wheels, d d, by the studs 62 and the sockets shown at b3, iig. 2. The endsof thesections aldi, `in the y felloes of the sectional wheels, d d, are held together by a V-shaped joint, as shown at a, lig. 3, or` any other t substantial device. The wheels c c are the driving-wheels of the machine, and each vhalf of therlnachine is corn-` plete in itselfl' The chain-wheels l Z, on the shafts :u x, figs. 1 and 3, by means of the chains m figs. 1`andr2, and the small chain-wheels, k lc, figs. 1 and 4,-and the mitre gears, s s, figs. 2 and 4, andbclt-wheels, g`g,`ii'gs. 1, 2, and 4, drive the spur-belts e e, figs. 1 and 2. The chains m m, `figs. 1 and`2, passfrom the chain-wheels 4, said wheels, k k, receiving a continuous rotary motion by the chains him. The adjustable sectional wheel d d, figs. 1, 42, and 3,- are made to run between the rollers z' z', fig. 3, set in the frames ff, which are so substan# tially attached to the machine lthat the wheels d d, from the point g, figs. 1 and 2, to the pointez, figs. ,1, 2, an

3, shall be made to run as Vnear to each other as possible without binding. The roller frames, f figs. 1 'and 3, 1

are held in place by the braces o o o o, figs. 1, 2, and 3, secured to the frame-work of themachine in a` proper manner. The spur-belts e e, figs. 1` and 2, are made to pass from the wheels q q, down the outside of the sec-` tionalwheels, d. d, and between the two outside timbers, a a, of ,the machine, and aroundthe rollers 'r r, then to the wheels q g, after passing between the wheels d d. The wheels g g are operated by the mitre. gears s` s, which receive their motion from the small chain-wheels lek, said wheels c c being operated bythe chains m m, as

hereinbefore described. The projecting bars u u. are for the purpose of gathering'to the centreany stallisthat y may have fallen from a line of the perpendicular. The continuation of the same bar `v to the rear, igs. 1 and 2,

and flattened at the end, v, is forthe purpose of keeping the'wheels d d apart above the pointgpsathat there will be no diiculty in taking in the stalks to .be pulled. The motive power isattachedto the'pole zu.

Having described the manner in which the devices composing my machine are arranged,` I willlnow` proceed to describe how the same operate together. i

The machine being set in motion, it-will be seen that any stalks entering between the wheels d,` at the point g, rear, -to the point n, behind to the ground. The spur-belts,

that the machineV has in going forward, figs., 1 and 2. These belts are for the purpose of carrying to the rear the tops of the stalks, otherwise they would fallfrom the point n, iigs.-1 and 2, back into the sectional wheels` cl d, thereby clogging the machine. Having thus described my invention; I claim as new, and desire to secure byLetters Patentwill be held in that place until., by the` forward motion of the machine, it shall have been carried to the l where the rollers z' t' 1f cease to have Vany'eiect on the wheels d d, and the stalk dropsfot e e, are made to run with the same speed in the direction of thearrowf l l 1. The sectional exible wheels d d, of the form substantially as herein described, or their equivalent, arranged together und operated :17s described. A 2. The spur-belts e e, for carrying the tops of the stalks to the rear, 01 their equivalent, substantially as 5,- lescribed. 4 F 3. The rollers z' z'z' z', and frames for keeping the sectional flexible vyheels'together, arranged as and for f. the purpose specified. j

4. The combination of the whole, consisting of the sectional' 'exible' wheels d d, the spur-beltsv e e, the rollers z'z'z'z', :indthe frames ff, arranged together as and for the purpose specified.

ARTEMUS W. `GrODDARD. Witnesses C. F. W. PARKHURST, GEORGE F. WRIGHT. 

